HK Won’t Reopen Foreign Travel Until Outbreak Eases, Lam Says
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Hong Kong won’t resume international travel until it contains its record-setting Covid-19 outbreak, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said at a briefing Thursday, indicating that any reprieve for residents stuck outside the city since January is months away.
The financial hub cannot lift a ban on flights from nine countries including the U.S., U.K. and Australia because it will add more pressure to an already overwhelmed health-care system, Lam said during the press conference. Once community infections are eliminated, preferably after a compulsory testing of the city’s entire population, Hong Kong may open up a pathway for foreign travel, she said.